Resumen

RUIZ-PEREZ, JOSÉ IGNACIO  y  LOPEZ-PINA, JOSÉ ANTONIO. Psychometric Evaluation of a Cognitive Distortions Scale for Gambling in a National Sample of Colombians Students. Rev. colomb. psicol. [online]. 2016, vol.25, n.2, pp.203-219. ISSN 0121-5469.  https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v25n2.45375.

The objectives of this study are: (a) adapt the Gambling Cognition Inventory (GCI) to a nonrandom sample of Colombian students (N=4.300) from all regions of the country, (b) study the prevalence of cognitive distortions on games of chance and (c) compare the scores in accordance with sex, socioeconomic level and age. In the results, the scale showed good internal reliability and a one-dimensional structure. Around 50% of the subjects showed 2 to 7 cognitive distortions, and the highest scores in the GCI were observed in men, in persons of lower social classes, in the youngest and in those who thought that if they won much money, all their problems would be solved.

Palabras clave : Games of chance; cognitive distortions; sex; social class; age.

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